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On 29 November, the 'Sheiks, Fakes and Cameleers' exhibition was awarded a commendation at the 2024 WA Heritage Awards.
Recommended reading list
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Stopping Family and Domestic Violence: Play your part. Recommended reading list of fiction and nonfiction books curated by the State Library for the campaign.
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We are inviting applications for residency in the State Library building to organisations and individuals who contribute to WA storytelling. Applications close 12 December 2024.
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Screenwest and the State Library are offering up to $25,000 production funding for early to mid-career filmmaking teams to produce a short documentary based on historical collection items.
Reconciliation Action Plan
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On 5 November 2024, the State Library of Western Australia proudly launched its Reflect Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) as endorsed by Reconciliation Australia.
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Scrabble boards, cookbooks, war medals, fishing lures, trinkets and tools. Why are these items so important to the people that hold onto them? Short podcast series about the stories behind peoples family treasures and keepsakes.
Keepsake mini podcast
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Suzanne's keepsake is a picture of her great-great-grandmother, Alice Franklin, the Lady Mayoress of Perth and an unusedrailway ticket to the opening of Parliament House in 1927.
Keepsake mini podcasts
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Sophie's keepsake is her husband's grandma's handwritten cookbook. Joan Patricia Vowles lovingly added to this cookbook over forty years.
Keepsake mini podcast
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Petronila's keepsake is a traditional Tokelauan hand-carved mother of pearl fishing lure (Pa Hi Atu) made by Papa Fofo Poasa, her father-in-law.
Keepsake mini podcast
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Gerry's keepsake is his great-granddad's utility knife, which was gifted to him for saving the life of a world-renowned Australian test pilot, Harry Hawker, in 1913.
Call out for storytellers and producers
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If you are an early career journalist, content maker or media student looking to tell a great story about WA women and get paid for your content, we want to hear from you. Applications closed on 25 October.
Keepsake mini podcast
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Cheryl's keepsake is a gold kangaroo brooch, her first gift to her mother, whom she found when she was 28.